Hydrocarbon-burner.



G. J, MGPHERSON.

HYDROCARBON BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10, 1909.

Patented 0013.4, 1910.

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To all whom it may concern:

oown t? a i UEDRG H son a c' loan of Salt no A St hav in vented l usef me" is a specification.

ihis invention relates hydrocarbon burners Whi burn any of the liqniu Whether light 01 heavy, kerosene, crude oil or the lilic adapted to he used in'conuccti or furnaces of oivlinanv cons tiring; a special furnac e present invention has jects to provide a simple d of this class wherein the vansincl will he thoi'o consumption.

A t'urther oliject of the invention is to provide for the admission of atmospheric air in large quantities ainl tor the heating of such air to a high temperature ole-r its admixture with the liydro-cai-hon fzljfilrn thus producing a highly combustible and smoke-free gas.

Still further objects ot the invention are to simplify and improve the general construction ancl operation of a clevicc oi the character outlined above.

With these and other ones in view which will readily appear as the nature cat the invention is better unclerstooel, the same consists in the improved construction ancl novel arrangement and con'ihination of parts which Will be hereinafter fully (lescrihetl and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being however antlerstood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications Within the scope the invention may he resorted to when desirecl.

in the clraWing Figure l is a sine elevation of a hydro-carbon burner constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the same.

Corresponcling parts inlooth figures are denoteo by like characters of reference.

A base plate 3 arla ted to rest noon or to replace an ordinary stove is grovirletl with an a tion of the hotly o" ivhich consists of a vitlecl adjacent to its cuni'iereutial flange 5 i at (i to lit the aperture upper sirle an annular absorbent refiactmy inateria iture 4% for the reccpburner 55 prw liestos, broken the brick or the e placed. as llKllCzIl'Pil at R. The cynmh-ical hotly is also pi'ovulml \vih latelally extending vertically disposed webs: or flanges 9 having shallow grooves l0 in t etl es thereof. The tubular lflntly is vitletl adjacent to its lower end with having a centrally disposed a'oc eren'i an inlet pipe l:

atljace an 1!pplOKlZl'lfilElf .\1- 'UZEY?I spreader 13. the convex face or 'n'nich is pro Sllll'itl upwardly, as shown: the cones sale of the spreader is provnleu with designed to abut upon the upper the tubular body for purpose iin ting its (lownwair; movement antl enaloliurg t 1e parts to he firmly autl securely assembled. The spieler 11 may be integral with r separate from the cylinilrical tubular hotly; in the latter event it will abut "parts are assembled, as will be readily untierstood.

jacent to its lower edge with an inturnetl flange in forming an annular groove or gutter 17 adapted to receive the (li'ippings from the spreader 13: the grooved or guttcrecl annular flange 16 is adapted to be seated in the notches or recesses 10 in the upper ecl es of the Webs 9 extending from the tubular cy linrli'ical body 5.

or ininace guilt? 1 upon the underside of the flange :7 when, the' An annular hurner ring 15 is provided ael The ring 15 is provided adjacent to its up n u U lower end of the inlet pipe 1 nected with a suitaole source 0 s a which liquid hydro-carbon may be in gravity or in any other suitable and convenient manner, the ilow being likewise con trolled in any suitable and Well known man ner. The fuel entering through the pipe 12 is distributed in a thin sheet over the spreader 13 from which it passes to the groove or gut ter 17, the overflow from the latter passing to the absorbent material in the groove T where it maybe readily ignited. As heat is deflected the contents of the groove 17 are vaporized, and said groove, as Well as the cylindrical body 5, the spreader l3 and the cap 19 soon become intensely heated with the result that the air entering through the tubular cylinder 5 will become intens ly heated before coniniingling with the hydrocarbon vapors, the mixing taking place in the annular space surrounding the tubular cylinder 5 below the spreader and which may be regarded as constituting a mixing chamber 20. The resulting gases become ignited in passing over the incandescent contents of the groove 7, and the flames will issue through the spaces between the flange 5 and the burner ring 15, producing an intense heat and burning with a clear blue flame;

The device of this invention, as W1 i seen from the foregoing, is very simple in l he ortan' advantage of the device resides in the i rangernent is so entirely free from complication that an house wife may quickly learn the use and management thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is i In a device of the character described, a cylindrical tubular body having a grooved flange adjacent to its lower end and provided with laterally extendingwebs having notches in their upper edges, a burner ring seated" upon the notched webs and having an inturned annular flange forming an annular receiving groove or gutter, a feed tube tending through the tubular cylinder, a spider threaded upon the feed tube and engaging the lower end of the cylinder, :1 spreader threaded upon the feed tube and having webs engaging the upper end of the cylinder, and a dome seated upon the burner ring and inclosing the spreader and the upper end of the tubular cylinder.

In testimony whereof i ailit; my signature in presence of two witnesse J. hlloPI-- BBS-OK.

Witnesses:

oner W. Bunion,

Y 7 JAMES H. hinune'm.

act that its construction and ar- 

